A federal capital territory (FCT) high court on Monday ordered one Innocent
Destiny to wash Mpape motor park toilets for 60 days for attempting to cheat
clients on Wechat, a messaging application.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had
charged Destiny with attempted cheating by passing himself off as one Kim
Webber.
Ijeabalum Diribe, the prosecuting counsel, said Destiny
fraudulently induced male clients on Wechat in order for them to part with
their money, an offence she said contravenes the provisions of Section 322 of
the penal code.
Diribe urged the court to sentence and convict Destiny in
line with the terms of the plea bargain he entered on June 22 which provides
that upon conviction, the defendant should pay a fine of N100, 000 or spend one
month in prison.
Holy Nuhu, the defence counsel, prayed the court to temper
justice with mercy, adding that the defendant is young and a first time
offender with no criminal record.
Delivering judgement on the case, Kezziah Ogbonnaya, the
presiding judge, said the court had been enjoined to give non-custodial
sentencing to help with the decongestion of the prisons.
He subsequently ruled that the defendant washes the toilets
for 60 days.
The judge ordered the prison officers to provide a register
for Destiny to sign in daily for the sentence period after which he would be
free to go home.
She warned him to desist from committing crimes and be of
good behaviour, adding that being young or poor was not a licence to be a
criminal.
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